Word Study · Strong's H6672 · Hebrew
צֹהַר
tsohar
tso'-har
Strong's 1890 spelling: tsôhar
“a light (i.e. window)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a light (i.e. window); dual double light, i.e. noon
Rendered in the KJV as
midday, noon(-day, -tide), window.
- 24occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 12 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 18inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 24 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 18
- בַּֽצָּהֳרָ֑יִם5
- כַּֽצָּהֳרָֽיִם׃2
- צָהֳרָֽיִם׃2
- בַֽצָּהֳרַ֜יִם1
- בַֽצָּהֳרַ֙יִם֙1
- בַֽצָּהֳרָ֑יִם1
- בַּֽצָּהֳרַ֗יִם1
- בַּֽצָּהֳרַ֙יִם֙1
- בַֽצָּהֳרָֽיִם׃1
- בַּֽצָּהֳרָֽיִם׃1
- הַצָּהֳרַ֤יִם1
- הַֽצָּהֳרַ֔יִם1
and 6 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 12
- at the noons8
- at the noontides3
- the noontides3
- noons2
- [the] noons1
- [will be] like the noons1
- a roof1
- and more than noons1
- and noons1
- in the noontides1
- like the noontides1
- the noons1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 6
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine dual14
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine dual4
- noun · masculine dual3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine dual1
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine dual1
- noun · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HRd/Ncmda · 14
- HTd/Ncmda · 4
- HNcmda · 3
- HC/Ncmda · 1
- HC/R/Ncmda · 1
- HNcfsa · 1
All 24, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
1 Kings carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis3 occurrences
- Genesis 6:16צֹ֣הַר׀tzoharnoun · feminine singularYou are to make a roof for the ark, finish its walls a cubit from the top, place a door in the side of the ark, and build lower, middle, and upper decks.here: a roof
- Genesis 43:16בַּֽצָּהֳרָֽיִם׃batzohorayimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine dualWhen Joseph saw Benjamin with his brothers, he said to the steward of his house, “Take these men to my house. Slaughter an animal and prepare it, for they shall dine with me at noon.”here: at the noons
- Genesis 43:25בַּֽצָּהֳרָ֑יִםbatzohorayimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine dualSince the brothers had been told that they were going to eat a meal there, they prepared their gift for Joseph’s arrival at noon.here: at the noons
1 Kings4 occurrences
- 1 Kings 18:26הַצָּהֳרַ֤יִםhatzohorayimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine dualAnd they took the bull that was given them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, shouting, “O Baal, answer us!” But there was no sound, and no one answered as they leaped around the altar they had made.here: the noontides
- 1 Kings 18:27בַֽצָּהֳרַ֜יִםvatzohorayimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine dualAt noon Elijah began to taunt them, saying, “Shout louder, for he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or occupied, or on a journey. Perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened!”here: at the noontides
- 1 Kings 18:29הַֽצָּהֳרַ֔יִםhatzohorayimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine dualMidday passed, and they kept on raving until the time of the evening sacrifice. But there was no response; no one answered, no one paid attention.here: the noontides
- 1 Kings 20:16בַּֽצָּהֳרָ֑יִםbatzohorayimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine dualThey marched out at noon while Ben-hadad and the 32 kings allied with him were in their tents getting drunk.here: at the noontides
Job2 occurrences
- Job 5:14בַֽצָּהֳרָֽיִם׃vatzohorayimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine dualThey encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.here: at the noons
- Job 11:17וּֽ֭מִצָּהֳרַיִםumitzohorayimconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine dualYour life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.here: and more than noons
Psalms3 occurrences
- Psalms 37:6כַּֽצָּהֳרָֽיִם׃katzohorayimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine dualHe will bring forth your righteousness like the dawn, your justice like the noonday sun.here: like the noontides
- Psalms 55:17וְ֭צָהֳרַיִםvetzohorayimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine dualMorning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice.here: and noons
- Psalms 91:6צָהֳרָֽיִם׃tzohorayimnoun · masculine dualnor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the calamity that destroys at noon.here: noons
Isaiah3 occurrences
- Isaiah 16:3צָהֳרָ֑יִםtzohorayimnoun · masculine dual“Give us counsel; render a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray the one who flees.here: [the] noons
- Isaiah 58:10כַּֽצָּהֳרָֽיִם׃katzohorayimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine dualand if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will go forth in the darkness, and your night will be like noonday.here: [will be] like the noons
- Isaiah 59:10בַֽצָּהֳרַ֙יִם֙vatzohorayimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine dualLike the blind, we feel our way along the wall, groping like those without eyes. We stumble at midday as in the twilight; among the vigorous we are like the dead.here: at the noons
Jeremiah3 occurrences
- Jeremiah 6:4בַֽצָּהֳרָ֑יִםvatzohorayimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine dual‘Prepare for battle against her; rise up, let us attack at noon. Woe to us, for the daylight is fading; the evening shadows grow long.here: at the noons
- Jeremiah 15:8בַּֽצָּהֳרָ֑יִםbatzohorayimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine dualI will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. I will bring a destroyer at noon against the mothers of young men. I will suddenly bring upon them anguish and dismay.here: at the noons
- Jeremiah 20:16צָהֳרָֽיִם׃tzohorayimnoun · masculine dualMay that man be like the cities that the LORD overthrew without compassion. May he hear an outcry in the morning and a battle cry at noon,here: noons